Maybe you’ve noticed a two-year old who is very talkative, but she’s only just walking. Another two-year old is not saying much, but he’s very physical – walking, climbing, pulling out drawers to explore their contents. Both children are typical for this age, just focused for the time being on different broad areas of development. The stages of development are building blocks for learning.
For all children, the broad areas of development are identified as social, emotional, cognitive, and physical. These areas of development are interrelated, including specialized aspects within the broad areas. Cognitive development, for example, includes specialized aspects such as literacy (reading, writing & oral communication), math, art, and science. Children develop in their own way and at their own pace within all of the developmental areas.
As a parent, you can support your child’s learning by gaining a general knowledge about the stages of development and offering stimulating experiences to enhance your child’s curiosity and enthusiasm, observing his learning style, being involved with your child’s caregivers, school and teachers, and learning about school readiness.
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Child Development offers more information and resources to help you better understand how your child is learning.
Other Resources:
"Child and Brain: The Stages of Development"
Turning to sound, grasping a bottle, standing alone. What do these developmental milestones tell us about the brain's interaction with its environment? Find out more in this week's Editor's Choice.
A Day in the Life of a Brain
Join us as we spend a typical day with Sumarri, an eight-year old girl from California. We'll see that her brain is very busy keeping this active little girl going! From Brain Connection.
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